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Teen Spirit

2018

Max Minghella

Elle Fanning, Rebecca Hall, Millie Brady, Elizabeth Berrington ...

5.1

601

Drama Violet is a shy teenager living in the Isle of Wight who dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her small town and shattered family life. With the help of an unlikely mentor, Violet enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A movie that’s formulaic in every detail but that passes off its particular cute brand of British Isles whimsy"	NEU
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Too much here fails to convince, from many nagging little details in Minghella's self-penned script to more technical aspects of the production."	NEG
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"What’s so brave and exciting about Max Minghella’s directorial debut is that it refuses to compromise on either end, a sweet pop spectacle at once both proudly generic and unafraid to be itself."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"You can kill the vibe of Minghella’s film with nitpicking, but Fanning rides the movie home to glory. She is simply sensational. (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It understands the transformative power of a great pop song (...) Sadly, the film doesn’t live up to the depth of the music that seems to have inspired its existence (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Jordan Ruimy The Playlist	"There’s a conventionality to the script that does a major disservice to both Minghella’s craft and a worthy lead performance from Elle Fanning."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Fanning’s performance is one of the most surprising things about 'Teen Spirit', a goodhearted and entertaining film about stardom"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"The screenplay seems a little thin, full of frayed threads which are never properly woven into the story (...) Fanning does decent work and her singing is more than up to the job"	NEU

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